:05:00
Don't let Father upset you.
I'm the one who counts.
:05:02
The time had come to take advantage
of it. His name was Sheldrake.
:05:04
In 1949, Edith began work
on "A Place in the Sun".
:05:07
He was a smart producer
with a set of ulcers to prove it.
:05:08
It was directed by George Stevens.
:05:10
Elizabeth Taylor was borrowed
from MGM to play the lead.
:05:13
You've got five minutes.
What's your story about?
:05:15
That was the start of her friendship
with Elizabeth Taylor.
:05:16
A baseball player, a rookie shortstop
that's batting 347, once did a hold-up,
:05:18
And of course Stevens
wanted her to look immaculate,
:05:21
as a very high-society,
kind of spoiled, rich girl.
:05:21
but he's trying to go straight,
except some gamblers won't let him.
:05:25
They tell him
he's got to throw the World Series?
:05:25
The "Place in the Sun" tulle
evening gown was copied many times
:05:28
More or less. I've got a gimmick.
:05:29
by Seventh Avenue designers and
department stores all across the country.
:05:31
- Got a title?
- "Bases Loaded". There's an outline.
:05:34
Call readers department, find out
what they have on "Bases Loaded".
:05:34
I'm just fooling around.
:05:37
- Maybe you'd like to play.
- Oh no, I'll just watch you. Go ahead.
:05:39
They're pretty hot about it
at Twentieth, except Zanuck's all wet.
:05:40
Edith later worked with Elizabeth Taylor
on "Elephant Walk"
:05:42
Can you see
Ty Power as the shortstop?
:05:44
and over the years
did a number of projects with her.
:05:45
You've got the best man, Alan Ladd.
:05:47
It'd be a change of pace for Ladd.
And simple to shoot.
:05:48
She always tried to emphasise
Taylor's beautiful shoulders,
:05:51
Lots of outdoors stuff. I bet you
could make it for under a million.
:05:53
her bust and her small waist.
:05:55
Edith's favourite director, one she worked
with many times, was Alfred Hitchcock.
:05:56
- Excuse me.
- There's a great part for Bill Demarest.
:05:58
An old trainer got beaned,
goes out of his head sometimes.
:06:00
Edith worked with Hitchcock
and Grace Kelly in "To Catch a Thief",
:06:02
Hello, Mr Sheldrake. "Bases Loaded",
I covered it with a two-page synopsis.
:06:04
her all-time favourite film.
:06:07
The first time
Cary Grant sees Grace Kelly,
:06:07
- Thanks.
- But I wouldn't bother.
:06:09
- What's wrong?
- It's from hunger.
:06:10
she's wearing a very startling
black and white outfit.
:06:11
Nothing for Ladd?
:06:13
It's a rehash of something
not very good.
:06:13
And the colours progress slowly.
:06:16
You'll be glad to meet Mr Gillis,
he wrote it. This is Miss Kramer.
:06:17
At one point, they go for a picnic and
she's wearing kind of a coral pink skirt.
:06:21
The name's Schaefer, Betty Schaefer.
I wish I could crawl in a hole with it.
:06:22
Grace Kelly said she didn't want
to wear pants for that scene,
:06:26
she wanted to be feminine, so Edith
made a sporty outfit of a skirt and blouse.
:06:28
- If I could be of any help.
- Sorry, I just didn't think it was good.
:06:32
And there were two
beautiful evening gowns.
:06:33
I found it flat and trite.
:06:36
One was draped white chiffon,
the other was draped blue chiffon.
:06:36
What kind of material do you
recommend? Joyce, Dostoyevsky?
:06:40
I think pictures should say something.
:06:40
These sort of played up
the cool aspect of Kelly's demeanour.
:06:42
Just a story won't do. You'd have
turned down "Gone with the Wind".
:06:45
At the very end of the film she's wearing
a fabulous gold lamé evening gown.
:06:47
No, that was me. I said,
"Who wants to see a Civil War picture?"
:06:51
You know this is the climax of the picture,
:06:52
I hated "Bases Loaded" because I knew
your name. I'd heard you had talent.
:06:54
because nothing can top that dress.
:06:56
So this is where you live!
:06:57
This year, I'm trying to earn a living.
:06:58
Oh, Mother will love it up here!
:06:59
So you take plot 27 A,
make it glossy and slick...?